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As part of the new agreement, KNPC's employees will fly on Wataniya Airways to any destination across its network. The agreement will cover four KNPC branches, Al Ahmadi office, Mina Abdulla, Mina Al Ahmadi and Mina Al Shuaiba.
Abdulsalam Al Bahar said, "We are very pleased and proud to have signed the first contract of this kind to provide corporate travel services for one of Kuwait's most established companies. As Kuwait's premium service airline, Wataniya Airways looks forward to welcoming our guests from KNPC on board and offering the highest quality of service possible."
Asaad Al-Asaad said, "KNPC is delighted to have signed today's agreement with Wataniya Airways, and we're proud to partner with a premium Kuwaiti airline. It is important for KNPC that its executives arrive for business as relaxed as possible and to stay connected while flying. Wataniya Airways' services along with its strong reputation for reliability, quality of service and comfort will ensure this happens, as well as giving KNPC's executives more flexibility in managing their business and leisure travel."
Wataniya Airways flies to Dubai, Beirut, Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh, Istanbul, and Vienna, with new destinations continually being added. The premium carrier also has a code-share and interlines partnership with Austrian Airlines which allows it to serve a further 29 European destinations via Vienna.
Recently, Wataniya Airways was voted "Best Kuwaiti Airline" in the 2010 annual Service Hero awards which assessed over 400 different firms in more than 15 sectors.
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WHAT IF … The United States of America Had a Lawless President Who Could Care Less About the US Constitution & Was Hellbent on Harming We the People?
Sadly, the American people elected not once, but twice a president in Barack Obama that is not a "what if," but a what is. To Obama, elections only matter when he wins. They are inconsequential when he gets shellacked and a real "ass-whuppin."
This is a must watch VIDEO.
US Justice Department Tells Ferguson, MO Police to Stop Wearing Bracelets in Support of Officer Darren Wilson
Who the hell does the US Department of Justice think they are in telling a local police department not to where a bracelet, it would appear that the Obama and still Eric Holder DOJ has not heard of Freedom of Speech!!!
Maybe it is the Department of Justice that needs to be investigated for civil rights violations? In a letter to Ferguson, Missouri Police Chief Tom Jackson, the United States Justice Department ordered that the local police department officers not wear a bracelet in support of Darren Wilson, the officer who shot 18 year old Michael Brown on August 9, 2014. HUH? The bracelets some police officers were wearing read , "I am Darren Wilson" Who the hell does the DOJ think they are? They have no authority or jurisdiction to tell the Ferguson police what they can and cannot wear. But a gutless state and local police department is allowing the Feds to push them around and have gone along with the ban. UNREAL. The DOJ is supposed to be running a civil rights investigation into the Ferguson PD, I guess we know just how bias that report will be.
This is what tyranny looks like America. When those responsible for enforcing civil rights rights are the very one's breaking them, we have a real problem.
The U.S. Justice Department asked the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department on Friday to order its officers not to wear bracelets in support of the white policeman who shot to death an unarmed black teenager last month, sparking protests.
In a letter to Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson, the Justice Department said residents had told its investigators that officers policing protest sites on Tuesday in Ferguson were seen wearing "I am Darren Wilson" bracelets.
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the shooting and the police treatment of protesters, which critics say was unduly harsh.
The letter said the bracelets had "upset and agitated" people and "reinforce the very 'us versus them' mentality that many residents of Ferguson believe exists."
EXIT QUESTION: Do you think the DOJ would have a problem is the Ferguson police wore "I am Michael Brown" bracelets?
Posted September 27, 2014 by Scared Monkeys Abuse of Power, Department of Justice (DOJ), Law Enforcement, Tyranny, WTF | 7 comments |
One in Four Americans Between the Ages of 25 – 54 Not Working
From The Weekly Standard comes the following … 1 in 4 Americans betwwen the ages of 25 and 54 are not working. Add this to the record number of Americans on food stamps and claiming disabilities. And then there is black unemployment that is soaring. Of course this is how you create a dependent government class of people, make the welfare state their only source of income. It is disgusting how this government gets in the way of business. If it is not a business they approve of, they will squash it.
A new chart from the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee shows a startling fact: Almost 1 in 4 Americans between the ages of 25-54 (or prime working years) are not working.
Here's a chart showing those in that age group currently employed (95.6 million) and those who aren't (28.9 million):
"There are 124.5 million Americans in their prime working years (ages 25–54). Nearly one-quarter of this group—28.9 million people, or 23.2 percent of the total—is not currently employed. They either became so discouraged that they left the labor force entirely, or they are in the labor force but unemployed. This group of non-employed individuals is more than 3.5 million larger than before the recession began in 2007," writes the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee.
Posted September 26, 2014 by Scared Monkeys Disability, Economy, Food Stamps, Jobs, Nanny State - Big Government, Tyranny, Unemployment, Welfare State | 2 comments |
Greta Van Susteren Says the Obama White House Pressured Her to Get FOX News Reporter to Back Down on Benghazi Investigation
More dirty Chicago-style politics and shredding of the First Amendment by the Obama Administration …
FOX News' Greta Van Susteren admitted Friday in "Off the Record" that she was called by the Obama White House and pressured to get Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin (VIDEO) to back down on her Benghazi investigation. So much for The US Constitution, the First Amendment and Freedom of the Press. Of course we know the rest of the lapdog media was more than willing to oblige Obama.
"Since day one of Benghazi FOX News has been aggressively investigating. It hasn't been easy. It's been more like pulling teeth to get answers from the Obama administration. The Obama administration's behavior post Benghazi has been weird. Like they're trying to hide something. First that silly story about that video. Remember Susan Rice on all the Sunday talk shows? Even President Obama kept talking about the video for weeks. So FOX continued to press for information … A few weeks later when FOX news reporter Jennifer Griffin said she was told there was a stand-down order at Benghazi, I got a weird call from the Obama administration trying to pressure me to get Jennifer to back down on her report. I thought the call from the Obama administration was dirty. Incidentally, I don't control my colleagues and they don't control me."
VIDEO Hat Tip – The Gateway Pundit
IRS-Gate Continues … IRS Now Says It Has Lost Emails of Five Other Employees Related to Congressional Probes
IRS-GATE CONTINUES … The Internal Revenue Service is now claiming that they have lost emails from five other IRS employees, related to Congressional probes into the IRS targeting conservative non-profit Tea Party groups, including two agents who worked in a Cincinnati office processing applications for tax-exempt status. Imagine that, what a coincidence? Right Wind News says, "at this point, even liberals have to admit that this stinks like a 5 day old fish." I am not so sure, I believe they have lost their sense of smell and sense of loyalty to country, rather than party. It is true that all, including elected Democrat politicians, the MSM and Democrat voters can see the IRS corruption, lying and cover-up , but are completely unwilling to hold the IRS accountable. Of course it would be a different story if they were the one's being targeted, see Richard Nixon.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa stated, "The IRS's ever-changing story is practically impossible to follow at this point, as they modify it each time to accommodate new facts. This pattern must stop." Attention Darrell Issa, House Republicans, et all, the only way the IRS's pattern is going to stop is to defund the agency and abolish it. Enough is enough, never did our Founding Fathers ever foresee the creation of any central government agency with such unchecked powers to target political enemies.
VIDEO – FOX News, click HERE or on pic to watch
The IRS said Friday that it has lost emails from five other employees involved in congressional probes into the agency's targeting of conservative groups, leading one top Republican to declare "this pattern must stop."
The announcement comes after the agency said in June that it could not locate an untold number of emails to and from Lois Lerner, who headed the IRS division that processes applications for tax-exempt status. The revelation set off a new round of investigations and congressional hearings.
On Friday, the IRS issued a report to Congress saying the agency also lost emails from five other employees related to the probe, including two agents who worked in a Cincinnati office processing applications for tax-exempt status.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, whose committee has been investigating the scandal, said the disclosure is yet another example of the Obama administration changing its story on the scandal.
"The IRS's ever-changing story is practically impossible to follow at this point, as they modify it each time to accommodate new facts," Issa, R-Calif., said. "This pattern must stop."
Posted September 6, 2014 by Scared Monkeys Abolish the IRS, Abuse of Power, collusion, Congress, Conspiracy, Corruption, Cover-Up, Democrat-Media Complex, Democrat/Obama Propaganda, Democrats, email, Government, Gutter Politics, IRS, IRS-gate, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, Obamanation, Progressives, Scandal, Tyranny | 2 comments |
IRS Scandal Bombshell! DOJ Attorney Admits Lois Lerner Emails Do Exist! … Claims of Lerner's Missing Emails "It's all been a pack of Malarkey"
On Monday, Judicial Watch's president Tom Fitton told FNC's Shannon Bream that a Justice Department attorney told them the missing Lois Lerner e-mails do exist. According to Tom Fitton, in an interview FNC's 'The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson,' he stated that a DOJ attorney told a Judicial Watch attorney that the federal government backs up all computer records in case something terrible happens in Washington and there is a catastrophe. Imagine that, isn't that what we thought all along and the IRS was required to do by law? Fitton went on to say they stated it would be too hard to go get Lois Lerner's e-mails from that back-up system. HUH? Too hard to retrieve, really? Why would we have a backup system in the first place that is to ensure that a government could continue if it was too difficult to retrieve?
Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive!
So everything we've been hearing about scratched hard drives, about missing e-mails of Lois Lerner, other IRS officials, other officials in the Obama administration, it's all been a pack of malarkey.
SHANNON BREAM: Alright we are learning that the IRS may actually have those missing Lois Lerner e-mails after all. Agency attorneys apparently telling Judicial Watch, the group trying to get to the bottom of this whole thing, that they back up everything. Just in case. Now that may be a different story from what you've been hearing since those records disappeared.
BREAM: Alright Tom Fitton is the president of Judicial Watch. He's been on the front lines of this entire thing. Tom, tell us what you found out and were you surprised to now hear somebody with the agency saying these e-mails may never have been missing at all?
TOM FITTON, JUDICIAL WATCH: Right. A Department of Justice attorney told a Judicial Watch attorney on Friday that it turns out the federal government backs up all computer records in case something terrible happens in Washington and there is a catastrophe. So the government can continue operating. And they say it would be too hard to go get Lois Lerner's e-, it would be too hard to get Lois Lerner's e-mails from that back-up system. So everything we've been hearing about scratched hard drives, about missing e-mails of Lois Lerner, other IRS officials, other officials in the Obama administration, it's all been a pack of malarkey. They could get these records but they don't want to and they haven't told anyone about it, frankly, until we were able to get it out of them on Friday. And there's no such thing as Lois Lerner's missing e-mails. It's all been a big lie. They've been lying to the courts, to the American people and to congress. It's really outrageous.
BREAM: I mean that is stunning. If what you're saying is a Justice Department attorney has told attorneys with your group that these e-mails exist and they've always existed, I mean we are talking about subpoenas, we're talking about sworn congressional testimony, we're talking about court hearings, we are talking about an order from the judge there in D.C., the federal judge who said "I want everybody to have sworn affidavits and tell me exactly what happened to these." I read those affidavits when they came in a week or two ago and there was no mention of this. How is that possible?
People need to go to jail with this scandal.
Posted August 26, 2014 by Scared Monkeys Abuse of Power, Barack Obama, Chicago-Style Politics, collusion, Conspiracy, Corruption, Cover-Up, Democrats, DOJ - Dept of Justice, email, Government, Gutter Politics, Hard Drive Crash, IRS, IRS-gate, Liars, Lois Lerner, Misleader, Obamanation, Scandal, The Lying King, Transparency, Tyranny | 2 comments |
NBC/WSJ Poll: Barack Obama Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low … Also, 71% Say Country Headed in Wrong Direction
In the most recent NBC/WSJ poll, Barack Obama's approval rating has hit an all-time low as only 40% approve while an overwhelming 54% disapprove. It appears the American people have finally grown weary of Obama's disastrous presidency and 6 years into "Hope and Change," Barack Obama has no one else left to blame but himself. He has had his opportunity to make positive change, and has only made things worse. An amazing 71% say that the country is headed in the wrong direction, while only 21% say we are on the right track. This number can be easily explained when individuals looks at the domestic and foreign policy issues and see nothing positive. The recession continues as the real unemployment rate is closer to 18%, the US debt continues to spiral out of control, median incomes are down, the US-Mexican border crisis, scandals abound and the the Middle East on the brink, failures in Iraq and Afghanistan, rise of terrorism and Obama siding with, not our allies. Even liberal Democrats have come to the reality that he is nothing but a liar.
Other poor poll results for Barack Obama handling domestic and foreign policy issues:
- The economy: 53% disapprove – 42% approve
- Foreign policy: 60% disapprove – 36% approve
Six in 10 Americans are dissatisfied with the state of the U.S. economy, more than 70 percent believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, and nearly 80 percent are down on the country's political system, according to the latest NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll.
The frustration carries over to the nation's political leaders, with President Barack Obama's overall approval rating hitting a new low at 40 percent, and a mere 14 percent of the public giving Congress a thumbs up.
"We're in the summer of our discontent," said Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff. "Americans are cranky, unhappy… It is with everything going on the world."
What's more, a combined 71 percent say the recession personally impacted them "a lot" or "just some," and 64 percent say it's still having an effect on them.
Then there are these numbers in the poll:
- 40 percent say someone in their household lost a job in the past five years;
- 27 percent say they have more than $5,000 in student-loan debt for either themselves or their children;
- 20 percent have more than $2,000 in credit card debt they are unable to pay off month to month;
- 17 percent say they have a parent or a child over 21 years old living with them for financial or health reasons.
Check out the average job approval polling at RCP, if not for that bias Republican Rasmussen poll, Obama's average approval would be at 40%.
What a Coincidence, Another Hard Drive Crash … This Time It's April Sands, a Former Employee at the Federal Election Commission who Resigned After Admitting to Violating the Hatch Act Promoting Obama's Re-election in 2012 .
Democrat playbook, page 7, paragraph 2, subsections 6: When caught committing a crime and perpetrating a fraud upon the American people, destroy your hard drive.
April Sands was a Federal Election Commission lawyer before she resigned earlier this year and accepted a ban on holding government jobs until 2016. Sands resigned after admitting to violating The Hatch Act, which prohibits government workers from advocating for candidates while on the job. Just curious, is there any government agency that did not violate the Hatch Act and promote Obama's 2012 reelection? However, Sands escaped prosecution as her computer hard drive "mysteriously" crashed and was recycled by the FEC before any evidence could be recovered. Hmm, haven't we heard this one before? As former NY Yankee MLB great Yogi Bearra would say, "it's deja vu all over again". Can you say Lois Lerner? Funny Lois Lerner's name is mentioned as Lerner, who has a case of her own missing emails and hard drive crash was Sands' supervisor until 2001. you just can't make this stuff up.
Just curious, is there any governmental agency that backs up data?
It's becoming very evident that the 2012 presidential election may have been the greatest case of voter fraud ever in American history. Sorry, just one too many coincidences.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Monday made yet another request to the federal government for details about a crashed hard drive that may have contained information allowing criminal charges to be brought against a federal official.
Issa's newest letter concerns the hard drive of April Sands, a former employee at the Federal Election Commission who resigned in the spring after admitting to violations of the Hatch Act. That law puts restrictions on the ability of government officials to conduct political activities while on the job, or from government offices.
Issa noted that while Sands admitted to violating the law, the FEC just recently told Congress that it could not recover her hard drive, which made it impossible to seek criminal charges against her.
"Recent information obtained by the committee suggests that the FEC OIG could not pursue criminal prosecution for the misconduct because the attorney's hard drive had been recycled by the FEC," Issa's letter said.
As a result, Issa asked the FEC to provide information to his committee by July 28. That includes all documents related to the hard drive loss, and documents detailing the FEC's practices for retaining information on computers.
The FEC is an independent agency, but Sands' emails clearly indicated she favored Obama's re-election in 2012. Before the election, she tweeted things like:
"Our #POTUS's birthday is August 4. He'll be 51. I'm donating at least $51 to give him the best birthday present ever: a second term." In another tweet, she said anyone supporting Republicans is her "enemy."
I guess this is just another phony scandal.
UPDATE I: More from Town Hall, It sounds like they have found there to be one too many coincidences as well …. Lerner Associate: "I Don't Understand How Anyone But Straight White Men Can Vote Republican"
Which brings us to the case of April Sands, an employee at the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), who struck a deal with the agency's Inspector General to avoid criminal charges related to running afoul of the Hatch Act on numerous occasions. She has openly confessed to breaching federal law as part of her effective plea bargain, but investigators were unable to probe a potential goldmine of incriminating activity: Her email. Why? You guessed it; her hard drive crashed, supposedly wiping out her email records, and resulting in the FEC recycling (i.e., destroying) the hard drive. Sounds familiar. Did I mention that Ms. Sands worked under Lois Lerner when Lerner served as the agency's Associate General Counsel for Enforcement? Lots of coincidences and similarities, no?
UPDATE II: Interview with Lou Dobbs discussing the amazing coincidences of corrupt government employee hard drive crashes.
Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan Demands IRS Explain the Lois Lerner Lost Emails
Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court in Washington has ordered the IRS to explain under oath how former IRS employee Lois Lerner's emails went missing. Do you mean a federal judge will not except the excuse, that the dog ate my hard drive? Imagine that, Lois Lerner warned IRS employee's what they put in their emails and then her's miraculously disappeared. Yup, not a smidgen of corruption here.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the IRS to detail under oath how some of former agency official Lois Lerner's emails went missing, as well as any potential methods for recovering them.
Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court in Washington gave the Internal Revenue Service exactly a month — until Aug. 10 — to file a report, which he demanded as part of a lawsuit from a conservative watchdog, Judicial Watch, against the agency.
Judicial Watch is seeking a wide range of documents from the IRS, including Lerner's emails, as part of a Freedom of Information Act request. It has complained that the IRS didn't tell it that the agency couldn't recover all of Lerner's emails from 2009 to 2011.
Sullivan cast his ruling as a compromise, and a potential way for Judicial Watch to get answers without the court wading any deeper into the matter. Judicial Watch had asked the court to potentially compel IRS officials to testify about the lost emails, through a process called limited discovery.
Posted July 13, 2014 by Scared Monkeys Abuse of Power, collusion, Conspiracy, Corruption, Cover-Up, cronyism, Destruction of Property, Government, IRS, IRS-gate, Legal - Court Room - Trial, Lois Lerner, Obstruction of Justice, Scandal, Tyranny | 2 comments |
Quinnipiac Poll: Barack Obama Is the Worst American President Since WWII
File this one under, tell me something we do not already know … OBAMA IS THE WORST PRESIDENT!
According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, Americans say that Obama is the worst post-WWII president of them all. It would appear that Barack Obama is not the one that "we've been waiting for", actually far from it. Just think, Obama is already at the bottom of the list and his presidency is not even over, sadly. Look for this poll number to go down even further as the US economy continues to struggle, the Middle East continues in turmoil and the scandals mount. Ronald Reagan is far and away considered the best president. What does it say when a current sitting US president is considered worse than Richard Nixon, who had to resign and leave office in disgrace because of "Watergate" before he was impeached? Had it not been for a liberal media refusing to dig deeper in to the all too numerous Obama administration scandals like a Woodward and Bernstein, Obama would have a 20% approval rating and been impeached.
Not only do Americans say that Obama is the worst post-WWII president, they also have "buyer's remorse" as 45% of voters say that America would be better off had Mitt Romney been elected president in 2012, while 38% believe the country would be worse off. This includes independent voters 47 – 33, who wish they could get a Mulligan and have a do-over to elect Romney. Hot Air opines, "If independents have double-digit buyer's remorse from 2012, that suggests a strong desire to make up for their earlier mistake."
President Barack Obama is the worst president since World War II, 33 percent of American voters say in a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today. Another 28 percent pick President George W. Bush.
Ronald Reagan is the best president since WWII, 35 percent of voters say, with 18 percent for Bill Clinton, 15 percent for John F. Kennedy and 8 percent for Obama, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Among Democrats, 34 percent say Clinton is the best president, with 18 percent each for Obama and Kennedy.
Obama has been a better president than George W. Bush, 39 percent of voters say, while 40 percent say he is worse. Men say 43 – 36 percent that Obama is worse than Bush while women say 42 – 38 percent he is better. Obama is worse, Republicans say 79 – 7 percent and independent voters say 41 – 31 percent. Democrats say 78 – 4 percent that he is better.
My list of worst post WWII presidents would be as follows: 1) Barack Obama, 2) Jimmy Carter, 3) Gerald Ford, although not sure if he should even count, 4) Richard Nixon, 5) LBJ 6) Bill Clinton, 7) GWB, 8) GHWB, 9) JFK, 10) Eisenhower. Ronald Reagan and Harry S Truman would not even get a vote to be on this list.
I would actually go one further, Obama may just be the worst president since WWI. Hell, for that fact Obama is the worst president since The Revolutionary War of American Independence.


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Justin Bieber's Alleged Drag Race Was Caught on Video in All of Its Low-Speed Glory
CBS4 in Miami got their hands on the video first, which appears to be just before Bieber and his friend Chief Khalil were arrested early Thursday morning. You can clearly see the yellow Lamborghini that Bieber was driving, the red one Khalil was behind the wheel of, and what appears to be an SUV that may or may not be Justin's own security.
Up to a point, the video corroborates the initial police report, which claimed that "the vehicles were all traveling in a pack." What it doesn't capture though is any moment when the two Lamborghini's were side-by-side, preparing for their drag race.
"There was other traffic beginning to back up… it appeared that the sports cars were preparing for a drag race," according to the report. "It appeared to me that they were holding traffic to allow an open road for a race… I heard the engines begin to race as the vehicles took off," said the officer, which he estimated at 55 to 60 mph in a 30 mph zone.Whether or not this video tells the whole story is yet to be seen, but TMZ broke the news yesterday that the company Justin rented the car from has contradicted claims he was speeding. They apparently have GPS systems installed in the vehicles that can also register speed and claim he never broke 30 MPH at the time of his arrest. There are also claims that Justin's blood alcohol level was no where near how high it was recorded in the police report.


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Cheese Lovers Get Their Gouda On At World Finals
Watching 40 judges in white lab coats nibble on cheese and then spit the samples into garbage cans might not sound like an elegant evening to most people, but hundreds of cheese lovers have paid $25 each for a close-up view of Wednesday's World Championship Cheese Contest finals.
5 Couples Wed On Mall Of America's Ferris Wheel
Taking the plunge, way up in the air — That's what 12 couples have decided to do on this Valentine's Day.
Local Artist's Video For The Who Wins Contest
A Twin Cities man has a very special connection to one of the most iconic bands in rock and roll history.
For Information On The Government's Video Contest……..
As heard on The Michele Tafoya Show with John Hines on Friday 10-7
Hugo Artist Wins 2012 Minn. Trout Stamp Contest
A Hugo artist is the winner of the 2012 Minnesota Trout and Salmon Stamp contest.
James Bond Parody Wins Solar Energy Film Contest
An environmental group that organized a short film contest to promote solar energy got more than it bargained for.
Andrew Zimmern Lends Healthy Recipe Ideas At The Fair
Two meals Andrew Zimmern made Sunday at the Eco-Experience building at the Great Minnesota Get Together.
MOA To Host 'Footloose' Dance Contest, Stars
It's time to kick off your Sunday shoes and compete in a "Footloose" dance contest at Mall of America.
Duo Takes Wis. Challenge, Eats 12 Lbs. Of Pizza
Two men with big appetites have won a pizza challenge in Oshkosh by downing 12 pounds of pizza in an hour.
Richfield School Wins National Recipe Contest
A Twin Cities school has come out on top of a national recipe contest after 10 months of competition.
4 Twin Cities Men Make Finals For $1 Million Video Contest
Four Twin Cities men have made it to the final round of a Gain detergent video contest and might win the $1 million prize.
Richfield School Recipe Picked For National Finals
A recipe developed by Richfield students is one of three finalists in first lady Michelle Obama's "Recipes for Healthy Kids" competition, a national contest to promote healthy eating among children.
Free To A Good Idea: 2 Duluth Storefronts
Business leaders in Duluth are getting creative to fill some vacant downtown space with a contest that offers free storefronts to people with the most promising business plans.
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The 32nd annual International Eelpout Festival is under way on Leech Lake in Walker.
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I have to say - why did you give them your cell number? When signing up for _anything_ online - only give them information you want them to have. They have no need for your number, and thus shouldn't have it.
Besides - looking at that screenshot it is pretty clear that it is a crappy advertisement with nothing to do with photobucket. You don't click on pop-ups do you?
I don't mean to harsh but you should have sirens going off immediately if are ever told you could "win" something online - especially if it asks for _any_ type of information about you.
If you really are that upset with photobucket then send them an e-mail explaining how you feel their acceptance of a scammish advertisement upset you.
I don't have a good answer to your post -- I dodge scams and phishing attempts all day long. This one just caught me with my guard down.
I only wanted to make others aware of the possible cost of giving them the cell number. I was aware I might have to deal with a few unwanted text messages at 15 cents each, but the premium bullsh^t just floored me.
There are plenty of free photo sites out there without all this annoyance.
Flickr is one of them.
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text: Forums General Hospital When to blame character decisions on bad writing Viewing 7 posts - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) Author Posts June 21, 2011 at 9:17 pm #118511 Marezi 54 Posts I saw this on another site and just loved the post. So my question is when do we blame a characters action on the character or the writing? Examples: Mac and Dante yesterday letting Jason the mob killer to do the police work. When did Mac, Dante and Lucky decide that all their police training was not useful in a hostage situation? Is this normal Mac reaction as he is in charge of the Port Charles police force? Do I agree with Mac letting Dante take Jason with him and not Ronnie or Mac himself? is this mac's personality to hand over the reins to a hit man and junior cop. Is this how Mac acted during the Metro court hostage storyline? I hated what they did to Felicia as when was Felicia more concerned about "saving the world" and not being there for her girls? I stand back and can admit lucky is a cheater and probably always will be. He has cheated on Liz often. so to me he is not out of character. What was out of character was Luke and Holly. If I stand back and admit to myself, it was in Sam's character to sleep with Ric then that means I understand Sam and accept her for her faults. (and under other writers it might have been a good story but we all know where that went down hill because of the "rush" job as they did not have any lead into the story. But I will never accept Sam watching the kidnapping of Jake. If they had never shown Sam caring about kids from her losing her daughter, to her brother, to saving Michael and Krissy and wanting to adopt Hope it might be different but we saw her helping kids and it was written into dialogue that Sam hated to see Michael and Morgan being caught in the middle of Sonny and Carly's marriage problems or when her and Jason talked about never putting their kid in the middle. Then when they thought Kelly was leaving they wrote it so very out of character. They showed her just standing there not doing anything, they showed her hiring actors to play the part of "hoods/goons" in front of Liz and the boys to scare her and show her she wasn't as accepting of the "mob life" as Liz thought she was. THAT part I blame on the writers the rest can be explained as Sam and the way she was raised. I know Rick, Kelly went to the writers and said their characters wouldn't do this while Alexis was being written with cancer. I was told BH went to the writers and explained that Liz would not sleep with Zander either. So when the actors know their characters are written out of character shouldn't the writers. Every character changes but some of the actions aren't what the character would seriously do. So when is it fine to say the character is acting out of character or when is it bad writing , sloppy writing and destructive writing? Or is everything the characters fault because people do change. It would probably help if we had follow up and follow thru on these changes. Any thoughts. June 21, 2011 at 9:55 pm #830393 jockteen10 45 Posts I absolutely think that the writing can sometimes be blamed. When Sam just watched during Jake's kidnapping I couldn't believe it. I LOVE Sam and there is no way she would have done that! June 21, 2011 at 10:46 pm #830418 Marezi 54 Posts I agree some of the writing is out of character. But some of it is right on even if I don't like it. like Lucky and his addictive personality I guess you could call it. Lucky was an addict in his teens. It wasn't drugs or drinking but gambling if I remember right. So I understand why his first choice is to to grab a drink. I expect the characters to have some values and when those values change then we need a reason for it not just because they want to take this character in a different direction. Take Alexis for instance. I see Alexis as being the type of person that likes a little danger but not wanting to get to close to the danger. She liked being with Sonny and it "woke something up in her' To me Alexis was always so straight laced until Sonny. I think Alexis was bored with Ned after a bit but she still "sparkles when it comes to the bad boy". She isn't drawn to Mac because he isn't dangerous enough to make her interested in him. Now Rick was just as "bad boy' as Sonny or the idea of Rick being Sonny's brother turned her on but something was "edgy, different, exciting with Rick". that to me is / was Alexis's character. Which is how I see Liz. She likes the "tingle" of badness but would not want the whole deal if she had it. Like Brenda finding out bad guys can get to her or her son where ever she goes because she is connected to/now married to Sonny. Liz would be in that position too. So Liz and Brenda wanting to protect their children is in character. Living with the mob, IMO would be out of character. But I do have to admit that Liz was accepting the "life" with Jason. I think Jason could have protected her and the boys but I think that would not have lasted as Liz would spend all her time worrying and not enjoying her life.(What mother wouldn't). It would have wore her down and ruined the relationship. Anything can be written for a character as these people do change with the times, age and what is happening around them and a good writing would show how this or that changed them and why they are doing this "crazy thing" now. But bad writing is someone or something that is totally inconsistent with everything they've ever said or believed or done in the past. (Sam/Jake) Take Mac for instance, he HAS left it up to the "mob" to handle things instead of relying on his police force so yesterday was not out of character and I can't say it was the writing. It is something that he lets happen. June 22, 2011 at 1:52 am #830480 EricasEvilTwin 1035 Posts Great thread Marezi..I think for me, one thing is when they go past the one or two major character flaws they build in to the character and then suddenly theres five or six new ones out of left field. So maybe the character has self esteem issues or abandonment issues or impulse control issues or insecurity issues and their mistakes all sort of stem from that and as viewers we go on the journey with that character as they try to overcome them, but then the writing goes astray and the character doesnt just have abandonment issues but also jealousy issues and money/classism type issues or anger control etc. etc. Thats when I find myself calling foul – hey I though his issues were all about x so where did Y come from. I also think the luke thing is a great example…we were always led to believe he was faithful to laura and now we are suppose to believe that both his marriage to her and to tracy were open arrangements. MAYBE I could see tracy saying okay he loves me and only loves me and I love him and only him but if I sleep with my massage therapist and he sleeps with a call girl its just us having fun, but no way would laura have gone along with that arrangement. In the past few years I think thats my biggest problem with gh. I really buy that maxie has abandonment issues so her drugging lucky makes sense but sleeping with franco not so much. I buy sonny having issues with powerlessness, so I bought his reaction to michael going to jail and the things he told dante about feeling like his mob power is an important counterweight to the power of the system but I never bought him leaving the mob to impress kate or feeling like he needed to be anything but who he is for some woman. I buy sam has self esteem issues so yeah I agree the ric mess was in character but not the jealousy issues with the babies. I buy liz has insecurities and a need to look good to others, so I got her behavior with jason and even with lucky but i didnt buy her willingness to use her rape to guilt rebecca or her stealing the kids trust fund. All of the in character behavior above are things I would consider "bad" or "wrong" or "inappropriate" but rooted in what we know of the characters weaknesses. June 22, 2011 at 1:59 am #830482 EricasEvilTwin 1035 Posts Should have added…one of the other problems with GH is that the "good "characters usually are portrayed as raging hypocrites. Mac and Jax had no issue with jason going after carly and claudia knowing jason would likely kill claudia but then a year later theres mac browbeating jason and jax saying that carly shouldnt help sason find alec because they are mob goons. So basically its okay to use the mob goon when your daughter wife or random loved one is in danger but its not okay to use the mob goons to protect someone elses daughter wife or random loved ones. There use to be a bit more consistency in that respect…where the wouldnt have had mac, for example, at the hospital when the decision was made to let jason participate or he would have said I know jason is going to get involved no matter what I do so its better he is somewhere where dante can make sure the violence is limited. OR they would write things in a way where mac might say I have to let him go after carly and claudia because I let him go after jerry when robin was bleeding out and i understand what its like to want all the help you can get. The writers use to give us a line in the sand so that if it got crossed at best you would know why the character felt this was an exception. June 22, 2011 at 3:05 am #830496 Marezi 54 Posts EET.. What the HECK? did you get hit in the head??????? Are you a Tess now??? Tell me that is a picture of Susan Lucci and not BH. It has to be my eyes are strained today because other wise it means the world is ending. NOOOOooooooooo I am having a heart attack here. Good posts by the way. that much I can see straight about but that picture is just wrong. (a good picture but just wrong) June 23, 2011 at 12:22 am #830693 tealita 134 Posts I dunno. I just don't know. On the surface, this seems like an easy question to answer. I spent a whole day thinking about it. I even went online searching for a comprehensive article that would explain it to me. Aside from posts made by online viewers, there really wasn't even much to read on the topic of, In/OOC writing in soaps. Obviously, the more one knows about backstage drama and politics, spoilers, news items etc., the better one might be able to guess. And it goes without saying, that the more character versus plot driven a show is, the easier it is to spot "wtf?," moments. I've known some of GH's characters for 30 years, and when I find myself asking if something is OOC, and who's to blame, I still don't know. And just when I think I do, a smart brain or an intelligent post can completely convince me otherwise. That's the kicker, because much of the time it is purely a matter of opinion, and depending on who you ask, almost anything can be traced to an instrinic strength, weakness, or motivation in character. One thing that GW said recently, is that soap viewers don't know who to root for anymore. I agree. So it follows, that if I don't know that an actor is being canned, there was a budget cut, or catfighting and propping backstage, if I don't root for 'em or hiss at 'em in a definitive way, I'm not gonna know. Viewing 7 posts - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic.


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i was 21 when i got pregnant with DS i turned 22 two weeks after i had him. i never missed out on a thing and it makes u truely find out who ur true friends are. im 23 with this one will turn 24 around two weeks later. i wouldnt know what to do without my kids
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I had my first child when I was 20 and now im 24 and expecting my second. I can honestly say that I am no longer friends with a single person I used to be friends with when I was 19 and 20.
It is going to be tough at times but having my little girl was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. I love her more than anything. It did take me a while to learn how to be a good mom. At first I wanted to go out and have fun while my baby was at home....but I then learned that being home with her was more important.
Just cherish your little one and dont let any one of your friends make you feel bad. Try to connect with other moms as much as possible,,,because they are the only ones that will understand.
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People can judge all they want because I did not care. I actually was in the drs last week and an older lady started chatting me up about my pregnancy and all. She then told me how her granddaughter was a "white trash idiot" because she was 20, had no job, wasn't married to the baby's "bastard father" and lived at home with her parents. My eyes got so big! I could not believe this woman saying that about her own grandchild. She looked at me thinking I was sympathizing with her or something starts talking about how wrong it is for women to spread their legs if their man can't afford to pay for a ring and wedding etc etc.
I just looked at her and said "That's funny because when I was 20 I found myself in the exact same situation. I'm so glad I did because it gave me my son. Excuse me." and I picked up my purse and went to the other side of the waiting room.
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John F. Kennedy Jr. - Astrology Tip of The Week...
By Carol Allen
The recent fiftieth anniversary of the tragic assasination of JFK of course brought to mind the oh-so-sad ending of his only son, JFK Jr., known by many
as "John John."
You likely don't need me to remind you that he died fourteen years ago with his wife, Carolyn Bessette, and her sister, Lauren, while he was piloting a small plane that crashed into the ocean, on its way to a family wedding in Martha's Vineyard.
When I was growing up, a famous question in the cultural lexicon was, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" meaning, of course, John's late father, president John F. Kennedy...
...rightly implying that his assassination was such a searingly memorable moment that anyone alive at that time would forever remember just that - where they were when they heard the news.
For many of us, the question changed to, "Where were you when Kennedy crashed?" being about John and Carolyn - I'll never forget where I was and who I was with when I heard of their tragic accident.
It was especially bittersweet to us - my husband is also a pilot (something I get nervous about), we were close in age to both of them, and learned their
plane was missing while out to dinner with good friends to celebrate our first wedding anniversary.
It was yet another reminder of how lucky we were, and how quickly life can change... or end.
There was the golden couple - beautiful, wealthy, wildly popular, young and in love, with everything to live for... gone in a flash.
Sadder still were the swirling rumors that followed, claiming that things were not what they seemed - that at the time of their deaths John and Carolyn's marriage was coming apart at the seams, that John had recently moved into a hotel to get away from her, that he'd told a friend just days before that she'd become a stranger...
And who could forget the tell-all book by her former TV star boyfriend claiming their love affair continued well into her marriage with John, and that she'd turned America's most eligible bachelor into it's most desperate and betrayed husband?
Friends paint a much different picture - saying John and Carolyn were very much in love and had enjoyed a wonderful weekend away just the week before, that they had imminent plans to have children, and that Carolyn was one of the warmest, kindest, most generous people they had ever known.
Which is it?
Let's go to the astrological vault, shall we?
As an astrologer who specializes in the topic of relationships, I'm always fascinated to see what's going on between two people's charts that would compel them to be together in the first place.
When John and Carolyn first got together, many wondered what this woman who wasn't rich, wasn't from an unusually priviledged background, and wasn't famous had done to capture the heart of the world's most desirable man.


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Love is......Love is......What is love?Emotion between two persons.Connection between two minds.Attraction between two bodies.Strong feeling between two souls.Only then love is a bless.What is love?Love is a lie we use to get our desires.Love is a word we say when we are desperate.Love is a choice we turn to when we are alone.Love is a weapon we hurt each-other with.Only then love is a curse.What is love?Love is simply everything and nothing.Love is pure and deceiving.Love is the cure of our live.Love is the poison of our death.Love,Love,Love....One simple wordHold too many emotionsToo much painToo many feelingsToo much hate.Love is nothing butOur Heavenly blessAnd our vicious hell.
Unrequited loveUnrequited loveOne day under this treeWe stood in front each-otherYou took my hand in yoursyou looked in my eyes as I looked in yoursyou made me a promise once I madebut I broke this promise one day.You always there when I need you the mostwhen I depressed you make me laughwhen I sad you make me happywhen I happy you share my happiness.You gave me everything when I gave you nothing.When you look in my eyes I feel ashamedwhen I see the love in yoursand you see nothing in mine.Now under this tree I stand alonemourn for the love that I never feltuntil this day I can feel your lovebut I still can't feel mine
Practice Poem - Artistic FrustrationPractice Poem - Artistic Frustration:Wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG!Everything is wrong.'As then sun dew drips from her eyes'-Do I really think that'll be good enough?Hours spent on each piece -Punctuated only by sound of ripping paper -To lie crumpled upon my wooden floor,Unable to be forgotten.As the hours pass and the day wears on,More and more worlds are crushed by my hands.Realities sprawled upon a single piece of paper,To die as quickly as they are formed.A man's whose romance is torn in two,A vampire about to meet his prey.A werewolf standing against an armyAnd a boy facing the world alone.These are the lives that I hold in my hand;Fictional lives, but precious still.Yet as soon as I see their imperfections,I destroy the evidence in a throe of shame.These crumpled masses that now surround me,They aren't the proof of perfection's pursuit...They are merely my feeble, worthless attempts,To disguise my own ineptitude.-Chen Yuan Wen, 15th Decembe
On WritingWrite for todayAnd like it's allThat'll be left of youTomorrow.Never write for popularity.Write with clarity, but'Don't make everything said'.Write a million things;An ode to the voiceInside your head,An elegy for the living,A carpe diem for the dead.Write to tellPeople goingThrough hell,To just keepGoing;They'll find a way out.Don't write for approval,Or judgement;That way misery lies.Poetry can't be judged,Not properly –It's subjective,Different toDifferent eyes.Write for yourself;Doesn't matter if it'sGood enough forAnyone else.You'll never be Shakespeare.But he'd neverHave been you;Pour your heart into it,That's the bestThat you can do.
JUST LET ME GO....You broke my wingsDidn't want me to flyWhy were you afraid?Why so wry?I was a free soulI had to go awayBut you intervenedWhen you had made it unbearable to stay.Then why this fuss…Over what you don't even care aboutWhy nib a budBefore it sproutIsn't it unjust?Trying to control someone's fateWhen all you can give themIs pain and hateOh please!You cruel!You heartless!You fool!Just let me goDon't make me stayI don't belong to youMy heart not for you to play.
You're Not MineDarling, I'm no good for you,Sooner or later, I'll be the death of you.I don't blame you for leaving,After all, I'd leave me to,Especially since all I ever do is hurt you.I know that you say that you'll always love me-From death, into an eternity-But even though you're sick of hurting,& Tired of waiting,Do you really need to be leaving?I know that I'm a terrible person,'Cause I want you,Yet I refuse to have you.{I love you, I want you, but I wont belong to you}I never really did know what held me back-And I still don't.You gave me a choice,Take you or leave you,& For some reason, I couldn't chose either one.I don't wanna be with you,But I can't be without you& I think I might just be in love with you.But thinking is different than knowing,& It's not like a love like ours could last,'Cause there's way too muc


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Filming scenes for an upcoming episode, the stars of "90210" were spotted out on Redondo Beach in Los Angeles, California yesterday (August 30).
"American Idol" alum Kellie Pickler looked fabulous as she worked it for the cameras during a beach concert scene.
Her cover issue of FHM Magazine hits newsstands today, and Jessica Lowndes is all about looking hot this summer.
The "90210" babe chatted about her experience doing the photo shoot, as well as her not-so-secret obsession with unmentionables.
She's never been shy about her sex appeal, and Jessica Lowndes is featured in the new issue of FHM magazine.
The "90210" stunner shows off some serious skin as well as her fabulous form in the photo spread.
Making the most of her time across the pond, Jessica Lowndes was spotted out and about in London, England last night (April 14).
The "90210" babe hit up the Embassy nightclub in London's Mayfair district, looking fabulous in a semi-see-through dress.
On the eve on the big game, the stars gathered together for a private Audi dinner hosted by L.A. Reid at the Audi Forum in Dallas, Texas on Saturday (February 5).
Always an entertaining event, DIRECTV's Fifth Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl took place at Victory Park in Dallas, Texas on Saturday afternoon (February 5).
Adding plenty of eye candy to the no-holds-barred flag football match, Hayden Panettiere, Marisa Miller and Jessica Lowndes were among the celebrities suiting up for the gridiron competition.
Situated in the Lone Star State for the weekend's Super Bowl festivities, the GQ, Cadillac, Lacoste and Patron Tequila Celebration of the Coolest Athletes and the Big Game was one of the many star-studded affairs in Dallas, Texas on Friday (February 4).
Gathering together for another full day in front of the cameras, the ladies of "90210" took to the set in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday (January 20).


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Dissociation constants of organic acids in aqueous solution.
Title | Dissociation constants of organic acids in aqueous solution. |
Publisher: | IUPAC |
Year: | 1961 |
Abstract: | pK values for 2000 organic acids. Literature coverage thru 1956. A supplement was published in book form in 1979: "Ionisation constants of organic acids in aqueous solution" (qv), which has the combined compound index. This book is reprinted from Pure Appl. Chem. 1 (2-3) 1961. |
Properties: | dissociation constant; pK |
Compounds: | compound; organic |
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33 because churning milk makes curds, squeezing the nose brings blood, and stirring up anger produces strife. | 33 For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife." |
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quote: They just don't do that.
quote:When the privates take their money and leave the LHSAA, you'll see righteous anger.
quote:publics don't need gate money from the privates. where did you get that. catch an Amite/Indy, or Lutcher/Hahnville, they bring in just plenty
quote:would not the private be tainted too?
quote:the public school are conceding that they can't compete, so their trophy would be cheapened moreso than the private only trophy.
quote:Same as for most the games in Lafourche.
quote:They have recruited a couple of kids I know who were stud players but Parkview was not going to pay any tuition
quote:With the emergence of travel baseball, has a private school recruited an entire team already?
quote:one did for basketball and it kinda blew up on them...
quote:o that's what it amounts to? Kids have been threatening to take their balls and go home if they don't get their way since games were invented.
quote:one did for basketball and it kinda blew up on them... Who?
quote:Same as for most the games in Lafourche. I keep seeing the comment that publics need the privates money. Not where I am standing. I don't know about ED White... but the three 5-A schools here don't usually play privates on a yearly basis. In my three years in school we played Rummel one time. They certainly didn't fill there side of the stadium either.
quote:i get this from the privates: 1) they fund publics from gate money 2) they run better programs 3) develop players 4) the public championships won't count


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By Rhys Blakely and Sean O'Neill
The Times
December 4, 2007
Staff cuts at the government agency that tackles cybercrime will leave
British businesses vulnerable to attack from criminals and industrial
espionage, experts say.
It has emerged that the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), formed
last year, will have to shed up to 400 staff when the Home Office
announces its policing budget this week.
The Government is also being criticised for last years merging of the
National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), the police division formed in 2001
to deal with cybercrime, with Soca.
The move, which experts say lessened Britains defences, went ahead
despite evidence that web-based threats to companies were escalting.
Research released yesterday by Finjan, a web security company,
highlighted an increased volume of cyber attacks on British companies
from China. In particular, Finjan investigated an attack that used
zero-day exploits - malicious software for which there are no security
patches - that was designed to steal confidential information. It said
that it had traced one of the sources of the attacks to a website that
belongs to a Chinese government office. On Saturday, The Times disclosed
that the Director-General of MI5 had written to businessmen with a
warning that they were being attacked by Chinese cyberspies.
Soca was hailed as Britains answer to the FBI when it was launched last
year by Tony Blair. However, it is expected to lose between 200 and 400
of its 4,400 staff.
Ian Brown, of Oxford University, a cyber-espionage expert, said that
British businesses were more vulnerable than they need to be because of
the merger and planned job cuts. It is apparent now to many people that
the merger . . . was a mistake, he said.
Business figures claim that the merged group is excessively secretive
and have criticised it for not producing results. Soca took over the
functions of the National Crime Squad, the National Criminal
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by HM Customs law enforcement division. Its priority areas are drugs and
fraud, but it is understood that the Home Office wants the agency to
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Nursing School admit policies.
1Sep 11, '12 by PennyWiseI am currently in a "Nursing Trends and Issues" class for my RN to BSN program. I'm trying to get some research done on our topic of choice.
While I was researching our topic, a question came to mind that might be of interest to my group. Our topic has to do with nurses who divert narcotics. We are looking at different ways we can reduce the incidence of this occurring. My specific area of focus is how some nurses begin their path towards addiction while in school (via dependence on anti-depressants and/or anti-anxiety medications).
The question that popped into my mind was:
"Are the rules regarding acceptance into a nursing program universal in regards to having a criminal record?"
What I am interested in is, if a student has a prior record that is drug related, they may be denied admittance to the program. But are the rules for who can and can't be accepted universal? Or are there some schools that are tougher than others? Are there different rules for this in different states, or are the policies nationally accepted?
Reason I'm asking is..........well, I just don't want to be caught with my pants down while giving the presentation. I know how my school regarded applicants with a record. I remember a friend who told me how close he was to being denied entry into the program for something he did when he was a teenager. I also remember having to submit to a drug test myself prior to acceptance to the program. I just assumed it was that way everywhere. It might now be though. Mostly I'm just curious, it never dawned on me that there may be schools that handled it very differently than mine.Joe V likes this. -
0Sep 11, '12 by HouTx GuideI would advise you to review the "nurses in recovery" forum under the Career tab. This is a valuable source of first-hand information. It would appear that there is a wide variation between states in how this issue is viewed by BONs, I would imagine that it is for schools also.
0Sep 11, '12 by PennyWiseQuote from HouTxHmm. No info there, not on this topic anyway. Nurses in recovery is more for people who already have a license but are recovering from an addiction.I would advise you to review the "nurses in recovery" forum under the Career tab. This is a valuable source of first-hand information. It would appear that there is a wide variation between states in how this issue is viewed by BONs, I would imagine that it is for schools also.
I actually thought about posting this in the education forum but picked here instead. I would post something in the recovery forum but they don't like multiple posts on the same topic/question. -
0Sep 12, '12 by OkamiSo your thesis is stating that you believe strict nursing school admittance policies will lead to lower narcotic diversion among professional nurses because many of those at risk would be selectively removed in the school phase?
To prove your thesis you would first identify who are at risk students and what are their characteristics, next you would have to identify specific policies in school admittance deter possible diverters from being registered. Do certain accreditations alter admittance policies?
You will have to talk to admission representatives at multiple schools across the country to get a general feel (Northeast, Southwest, West, etc)
I honestly think this is the possibility to be a huge research project and may be very difficult to do without seeming subjective and opinionated. -
0Sep 12, '12 by OB-nurse2013I live in metro-detroit area and all teh nursing schools by me do criminal record and background checks. Not sure if that helps but I hope
0Sep 12, '12 by BBFRNYou might get official data on this from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing: https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm
0Sep 12, '12 by kylee_adnsI think that most if not all schools require a criminal background check. I know the schools in my area do, as it is required by the facilities that we did clinicals at. None of the schools in this area do a drug screen, though. I think that the policies probably vary state by state and school by school. I had a friend with a criminal background, and she was accepted by our school. Each facility she did clinicals at had to review her background check, and approve that she could do clinicals there. The school did say, that even though they accepted her, they could not guarantee that the BON would grant her a license. She then had to go through a special process with the BON, but did end up obtaining her license. Of course in my state anyone can look up anyones criminal background check on the circuit court access site at any time.
1Sep 12, '12 by Syrenia"My specific area of focus is how some nurses begin their path towards addiction while in school (via dependence on anti-depressants and/or anti-anxiety medications)."
I honestly had trouble getting past this assumption that antidepressants and anti anxiety med are gateway drugs.
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0Sep 12, '12 by Skips, BSN, RNI don't understand the antidepressant/anti-anxiety drug correlation to diversion. However, my school is similar to kylee_adns's school. The clinical sites wanted us to get the drug test, but it wasn't the school's policy itself. We had to do a background check for this reason, too. If we were caught positive, we couldn't go to clinical.


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Fresh Fruit Butter
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Fruit butter are made by cooking down the fruit mixture until thick and sticky instead of adding pectin to set the mixture as you do with jam. Spread on whole-grain toast or stir into plain yogurt. Butters are supposed to be smooth and well, buttery, so we prefer to peel stone fruit, such as apricots, nectarines, peaches, apples, and pears. If you're making a butter with "seedy" berries, such as blackberries, raspberries, or even blueberries, you can puree the butter and pass it through a sieve for the smoothest result. Try the combination of blueberries with lime juice and zest or plums with orange juice and zest.
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Nutritional Information
(per serving)
Calories | 28 |
Total Fat | -- |
Saturated Fat | -- |
Cholesterol | -- |
Sodium | 1mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 7g |
Dietary Fiber | 1g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | -- |
Calcium | -- |
Ken Burris
Yields: About 2 cups
Total Time: 1 hr 30 min
Prep Time: 30 min
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- 6 cup(s) prepared fresh fruit, peeled if desired (see Tips & Techniques)
- 1 cup(s) water
- 1/2 cup(s) granulated sugar or brown sugar (see Tips & Techniques)
- 1 tablespoon(s) freshly grated lemon, lime, or orange zest (optional)
- 1/4 cup(s) lemon, lime, or orange juice (optional)
- Combine fruit, water, and sugar to taste in a Dutch oven; add citrus zest and juice if using. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to maintain a lively simmer and cook, mashing the fruit and stirring occasionally at first and then often as it thickens, until the mixture is very thick, 20 minutes to 1 hour (depending on the type of fruit). To test doneness, put a spoonful of fruit butter on a plate. If no liquid seeps from the edges, it's done. Return to a simmer to thicken more if necessary. For very smooth fruit butter, puree in a food processor or blender, then strain and push the mixture through a sieve before storing.
- If freezing or refrigerating, ladle the fruit butter into clean canning jars to within 1/2 inch of the rim. Wipe rims clean. Cover with lids. Let the jars stand at room temperature until cool before refrigerating or freezing. Or process in a water bath to store at room temperature (see Tips & Techniques).
Carb Servings: 1/2 carbohydrate (other). Carbohydrate Servings: 1/2.
Tips & Techniques
How to Prep and Measure Fruit:
Berries: Remove stems; hull strawberries. Measure whole.
Cherries: Remove stems and pits; halve. Measure halves.
Peaches, nectarines, and plums: Peel if desired. Cut into 1/2-inch pieces; discard pits. Measure pieces.
Apples, pears, and other fruit: Peel if desired. Quarter, remove seeds and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. Measure pieces.
To peel stone fruit, dip them in boiling water for about 1 minute to loosen their skins. Let cool slightly, then remove the skins with a paring knife.
Note: 3/4 cup maple syrup (or honey) or 1/2 to 1 cup Splenda Granular can be used in place of 1 cup sugar.
Tip: Processing in a boiling water bath ensures safe storage at room temperature for up to a year. For step-by-step instructions, go to eatingwell.com/kitchentips.
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